Posts by randylea@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #AmArnvqu1x1h7Nxu0e by randylea@mastodon.social
       2024-09-19T21:53:34Z
       
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       @tomjennings In the very early 1980s, I programmed a 24-bit computer that used 4 chars per word (6-bits). The computer was custom designed for test equipment. There was no hard drive or floppy, just the mag tape. The computer booted on the mag tape, which also stored date. The OS was called TOS, Tape Operating System. The language was very similar to compiled BASIC. I carried mag taped around all the time.
       
 (DIR) Post #AqA8ChBBcdTeeYVjZg by randylea@mastodon.social
       2025-01-17T04:50:33Z
       
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       @foone Around 1981, I programmed a computer that had a mag-tape based operating system (TOS) that used a basic-like language and was all caps. I don't know if it was standard, but we called it TRASCII for Truncated ASCII. You could fit 4 chars in a 24-bit word. That was a seriously limited machine then, I can't imagine anyone doing that these days.